tile
Border Tile
ca 1650 (made)
ca 1650 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Border tilewith three alternating bands in yellow and green with floral arabesques in brown and blue separated by blue stripes.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | tile (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware with cuerda seca decoration |
| Brief description | Square border tile with three alternating bands of yellow and green with floral arabesques in brown and blue separated by blue stripes.; Architecture, ceramic, glazed, Kashmir, C16-17 |
| Physical description | Border tilewith three alternating bands in yellow and green with floral arabesques in brown and blue separated by blue stripes. |
| Styles | |
| Object history | Said to have come from the tomb of Madani near But Kadal in Srinagar, Kashmir. The building dates from the mid-fifteenth century, but it was refurbished by a Mughal nobleman in Shah Jahan's time. The tile was probably made in Lahore. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IM.256-1923 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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